Cinematography: Masahiko Iimura
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Masahiko Iimura. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
Titles found: 39
Criminal Woman: Killing Melody
1973 · Movie · 83 min. · Japan
Direction Atsushi Mihori
Cast Reiko Ike · Yumiko Katayama · Chiyoko Kazama · Masami Sôda
Synopsis Reiko Ike stars as the daughter of a man who has been pushed into drug dealing by the local Yakuza mob. Having outlived his usefulness to the gang he is murdered and Reiko is gang raped, leading her to attempt...
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The Bullet Train
1975 · Movie · 152 min. · Japan
Direction Junya Sato
Cast Ken Takakura · Sonny Chiba · Kei Yamamoto · Eiji Gô
Synopsis One of the Japanese Shinkansen "Bullet Trains" is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers and to learn how to defuse...
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The Flower and the Dragon
1969 · Movie · 111 min. · Japan
Direction Masahiro Makino
Cast Ken Takakura · Yuriko Hoshi · Toyo Takahashi · Sumiko Fuji
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Man of the World
1960 · Movie · 118 min. · Japan
Direction Tsuneo Kobayashi
Cast Ken Takakura · Naoko Kubo · Emi Ito · Yûnosuke Itô
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Big Magnum Kuroiwa Sensei
1985 · Movie · 102 min. · Japan
Direction Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Cast Yasushi Yokoyama · Norio Nishikawa · Mari Shirato · Hiroyuki Watanabe
Synopsis Kuroiwa, a high school teacher who carries a “Big Magnum 44” gun is sent to a school that is full of violence. Can Kuroiwa reform the students with the gun?
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Miyazawa Kenji sono ai
1996 · Movie · 116 min. · Japan
Direction Seijirô Kôyama
Cast Hiroshi Mikami · Miki Sakai · Shinobu Nakayama · Riho Makise
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Cold Rice, Osan and Chan
1965 · Movie · 178 min. · Japan
Direction Tomotaka Tasaka
Cast Kinnosuke Nakamura · Michiyo Kogure · Wakaba Irie · Shoichi Ozawa
Synopsis Nakamura Kinnosuke takes on three separate roles in three short stories by noted author Yamamoto Shugoro. In "Hiyameshi", a youngster becomes aware of the difficulties to realize his dream of leading an independent life and marrying the girl of his...
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Torakku Yarô: Bakusô Ichibanboshi
1975 · Movie · 96 min. · Japan
Direction Norifumi Suzuki
Cast Bunta Sugawara · Kin'ya Aikawa · Masumi Harukawa · Kyôko Okada
Synopsis The first of many movies featuring the lighthearted adventure of two truck drivers. Tojiro and his best friend Kinjo take to the road on their cargo trucks impressing each other with their skills in driving fast and evading the police...
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A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse
1975 · Movie · 81 min. · Japan
Direction Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Cast Naomi Tani · Misa Ohara · Taiji Tonoyama · Tomoko Mayama
Synopsis A sly gangster hatches a plot against his own wife, who works at a brothel-cum-bathhouse, with the help of the bathhouse owner's wife.
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Faraway Sunset
1992 · Movie · 120 min. · Japan
Direction Seijirô Kôyama
Cast Yoshiko Mita · Hiroshi Mikami · Tatsuya Nakadai · Riho Makise
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Station to Heaven
1984 · Movie · 133 min. · Japan
Direction Masanobu Deme
Cast Sayuri Yoshinaga · Toshiyuki Nishida · Tomokazu Miura · Kimie Shingyoji
Synopsis A woman plots her abusive husband's demise with the help of her lover, who only wants her as a prostitute.
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Run, Genta, Run!
1961 · Movie · 146 min. · Japan
Direction Tomotaka Tasaka
Cast Ineko Arima · Michiyo Kogure · Rentarô Mikuni · Toshitaka Itô
Synopsis The story of a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his struggling mother.
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New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972 · Movie · 105 min. · Japan
Direction Yasuo Furuhata
Cast Ken Takakura · Gôzô Sôma · Nobuo Yana · Jô Shishido
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Return of the Sister Street Fighter
1975 · Movie · 77 min. · Japan
Direction Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Cast Etsuko Shihomi · Akane Kawasaki · Miwa Cho · Mitchi Love
Synopsis When the crime boss has to pick one of his thugs for a fight he takes his knife, throws it to the roof and kills a butterfly with it, then the knife falls to one guy's shoulder and that's the...
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Battle Anthem
1983 · Movie · 131 min. · Japan
Direction Toshio Masuda
Cast Toshirô Mifune · Tadashi Yokouchi · Hiroyuki Okita · Junko Mihara
Synopsis The story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait.
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New Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701
1976 · Movie · 88 min. · Japan
Direction Yu Kohira
Cast Yumi Takigawa · Yûsuke Natsu · Yoko Konno · Ichirô Nakatani
Synopsis Once again we focus on Nami Matsushima. This time she has a sister who goes missing and after getting too caught up in doing something about it, our innocent heroine is given a fifteen year sentence for a murder she...
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Himeyuri no Tô
1995 · Movie · 120 min. · Japan
Direction Seijirô Kôyama
Cast Yasuko Sawaguchi · Miki Sakai · Kumiko Goto · Yuri Nakae
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New Abashiri Prison Story: Vagrant Comes to a Port Town
1969 · Movie · 93 min. · Japan
Direction Kiyoshi Saeki
Cast Ken Takakura · Takashi Shimura · Minoru Oki · Kaneko Iwaskura
Synopsis Sensitive story about a man, a boy, a horse, and a woman in old Hokkaido where the new replaces the old.
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Lake of Tears
1966 · Movie · 130 min. · Japan
Direction Tomotaka Tasaka
Cast Yoshiko Sakuma · Katsuo Nakamura · Ganjiro Nakamura · Hisano Yamaoka
Synopsis Beautiful Saku moves to Lake Yogo to work as a shamisen string maker. There she meets and falls for Ukichi, a young and naive co-worker. But her peaceful life is turned upside down when a master musician takes personal interest...
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Delinquent Girl Boss: Ballad of Yokohama Hoods
1971 · Movie · 84 min. · Japan
Direction Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Cast Reiko Oshida · Tôru Yuri · Yukie Gagawa · Tonpei Hidari
Synopsis The local yakuza gangs dominating the port of Yokohama do not take well the invasion of their territory by a daring biker gang, led by a girl in black leather outfit and cowboy hat - reminiscent of the earlier war...
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